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Which is smaller: a scabies mite (itch mite) or a single molecule of benzene? don't need exact sizes in metric system units.
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Benzene: An organism such as a scabies mite is made of billions and billions of molecules while a benzene molecule is just one molecule.
Answered 9/28/2016
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